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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Verb conjugation. use of Subjunctive.
Is the conjugation of 'to guide' correct in the following sentence: "The next high tide would rip them from the shore and set them loose, to drift wherever God's mercy guide."
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" That would have been correct a few hundred years ago. The subjunctive has faded to the point where what you've done is wrong. Use "wherever ***'s mercy guides" or "wherever ***'s mercy might guide" or "wherever ***'s mercy should guide".
- " That would have been correct a few hundred years ago.
- The subjunctive has faded to the point where what you've done is wrong.
- Use "wherever ***'s mercy guides" or "wherever ***'s mercy might guide" or "wherever ***'s mercy should guide".
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Anonymous Is the conjugation of 'to guide' correct in the following sentence: "The next high tide would rip them from the shore and set them loose, to drift wherever ***'s mercy guide."That would have been correct a few hundred years ago. The subjunctive has faded to the point where what you've done is wrong. Use "wherever ***'s mercy guides" or "wherever ***
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